Once again it is time for an update of what is happening in the garden. With my laptop out of action last month, I’ve missed quite a bit. We are in the height of summer now, and the grass in the paddocks is dry and yellow. In the garden we are busy as always.
The pumpkins have been planted down near the pig pen again this year. We have only just finished eating last years bumper crop.
The amount of vegetables we have been harvesting is slowly increasing, and in the next month we will be picking vegetables in earnest.
We have already pulled about half of the onions, with the rest hopefully coming out in the next week.
We are having problems with earwigs. They are eating holes in everything. So far we have tried containers with oil and oatmeal to attract them, wet newspaper which they crawl into (and then we throw in the bin), and tomato dust. Has anyone got some other ideas of safe methods to use?
At this time of year we are always watering, weeding and mulching. It is definitely busy!
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Linking up with Strayed From The Table for the Garden Share Collective.
rhubarb and vanilla – yum – recipe definitely. For the earwigs you may want to try some of Yates Natures Way Dipel – Its not toxic and is made from squashed bugs and doesn't harm the bees. I found that it gets rid of most pests, I just read the box I have and it does do earwigs too.
Beautiful photos of your very productive garden.
We have plenty of ear wigs here too.
If you have chooks they're very good at controlling them. The earwigs gather under timber etc. during the day so I call the chooks over, move the timber and they get a tasty little treat.
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Your garden is looking very luscious considering we are in the Summer months. Look forward to your rhubarb and vanilla jam recipe, sounds delicious x
Thank goodness for dams. We have to water several times a week